Press releases in 2005

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said: "The new administration has the opportunity to significantly improve the protection of human rights in Ukraine, including by bringing relevant...

The composer’s birthday has been celebrated at the Queen Elizabeth Hall since 1984 with a varied programme of chamber music. This annual concert has always been held in aid of charity and last year...

Attacks include death threats, attacks with firearms, false bomb alarms and "burglaries" in which mostly sensitive information was taken. On 14 January, attackers drenched Makrina Gudiel’s car with...

As the Council of Europe's Parliament meets this week to give its formal Opinion on the draft European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings, Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery...

The 38-year-old prisoner, Troy Kunkle, who is on death row in Texas having been convicted of a murder committed in 1984, is set to be executed on 25 January. The state authorities are relying on a...

The report, Nepal: Killing with impunity , gives details of many people who have been unlawfully killed by both sides to the conflict since the breakdown of a ceasefire in August 2003. It documents an...

In the past few weeks, several leading activists in the provincial capital, Goma, have been threatened, and have even received death threats. A number of activists have been forced into hiding or to...

In its appeal, Amnesty International sets out how the USA’s detention and interrogation policies in the "war on terror" have flouted hard-won principles of human rights. Amnesty International UK...

EU Arms Embargo The EU imposed an embargo on arms transfers to China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, in response to "the repressive actions against those who legitimately claim their...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The US remains tainted by widespread allegations of torture that started with sickening pictures from Abu Ghraib. The UK armed forces must ensure...